I sat with a
cup of hot beverage drink, reminisced on those beautiful memories I had shared
with my best friend, my grand father. You see, my siblings and I grew up at my
grand parents’ home.
It was so fun
growing up at their house.
Our
friendship had grown to become more of friendship and playmates.
I remember
how we made coffee and sometimes tea together, walk to church and laugh all the
way; my grand father was my best friend.
One of my
doting memories was the birthday gifts my grand dad had gotten for all three of
his grand children.
“What did you
get daddy”, as we fondly called him.
“I am giving you bibles. I thought about
it and I considered that the best gift I would ever give you would be this,”
said my granddad.
In my absence,
Jesus is the only guarantee you would be okay!
And that's
how we got our first bibles;
It was the
longest and the last time we had spent together.
The following
year my best friend, tea companion, walk mate was gone. The painful clutches of
death had snatched him away.
I cried, wept
and my heart ached.
Words may not
describe how I felt, you probably can’t grasp the immense pain that was
imprinted in my heart.
Have you been
there?
Do you still
grieve?
Are you
finding it difficult to move on?
How much does
this story resonate with you?
No matter how
much I want to hold on so tightly to the one whom I have loved. The reality is
he is gone to be in a far better place.
The only thing we have and can hold,
Are the memories of the good times we had,
The legacy they have left behind and
And Jesus whom is our comfort and hope.
As in all things, we have choices. A
choice,
To wallow in grief,
To remain in pain,
To stay mad at God for letting things be
the way they are.
On the other
hand,
We
can choose to live and be alive not just for ourselves but for those who still
need us here.
We
can choose to hold on to beautiful memories that linger in our minds
We
can choose to hold tightly that legacy left behind by those who we have lost
We
can choose to make a difference and leave a legacy too.
We
can choose to dance with Jesus all the way, until our day here is done...
Always Remember,
For his anger endureth
but a moment; in his favour is life:weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the
morning.
Psalm 30:5
By His Great Grace,
Ifeoma
Samuel
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